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The ISSDM is an educational collaboration between LANL and the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC).

The ISSDM assists LANL in recruiting new employees in the Information Science area. The institute also provide retention and revitilization activities for existing LANL staff including allowing LANL staff to pursue advanced CS degrees, take graduate level CS classes, mentor students, and teach classes and seminars. Additionally the ISSDM promotes joint LANL/UCSC collaborations which revitize LANL staff. The institute concentrates on joint collaboration that will lead to external joint funding opportunities.

The ISSDM collaboration focuses on:

• Reliability in Storage
• Machine Learning
• Storage Systems
• Information Management